What is compact shelving?
Compact shelving looks much like standard library shelving however, the shelving is mounted on carriages that move along tracks. The rows of shelves can be pushed together eliminating the aisle between–this allows about twice as many books to be fit into a given space. To allow access to the books, an aisle is created by sliding the shelves apart. The compact shelving in Olin Library is set up in multi-row modules. Only one aisle in each module opens at any one time.
